Greenhalgh into the lead

As after four bullets Grant Rollerson's Slam is damaged in a collision

After a day of rest and relaxation that allowed competitors to enjoy the charms of Carnac, the Mark Foy Trophy for the 18ft skiffs resumed on Thursday. If the wind was rather light in recent days, the Bay of Quiberon today lived up to its reputation.

Around 15:30 the 30 boats racing at the Mark Foy Trophy got onto the water. On the first round, after one general recall, two favorites of the race, the British crew on Asko and Aussie veteran Trevor Barnabas on were declared OCS at the second start.

In this race once again overall race leader Grant Rollerson on Slam and with his seasoned crew of Mike Coxon and Jack Young showed their skill to take the race win. Behind, Rollerson was the only US entry Howie Hamlin on Macquarie followed by the leading Brit, Rob Greenhalgh's team on Benny.

With Rollerson claiming his fourth bullet of the series, it seemed that victory in the Mark Foy Trophy would be his and the Slam team. However with the start of the second race being held under a black flag and with the wind up to 16-18 knots, Slam was involved in a collision with two other boats, including Yandoo of John Winner (Snr) and was forced to abandon the race, dropped them down to fifth overall. This has passed the overall lead across to Rob Greenhalgh.

Results:

Pos	Boat	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot	Net
1	BENNY	GREENHALGH ROBERT	GBR	4	1	2	7	3	1	18	11
		JOHNSON DAN		4	1	2	7	3	1
		HARMER PHIL
2	ASKO	WILSDON DAN	AUS	6	3	3	2	OCS	4	49	18
		MC DONALD CAM		6	3	3	2	31	4
		MASSEY ARCHIE
3	MACQUARIE	HAMLIN HOWIE	USA	5	2	9	6	2	6	30	21
		LANZINGER FRITZ		5	2	9	6	2	6
		NOBLE MATT
4	24HRROAD	BARNABAS TREVOR	AUS	8	4	6	5	OCS	2	56	25
		PHILLIPS DANIEL		8	4	6	5	31	2
		BARNABAS TRENT
5	SLAM	ROLLERSON GRANT	AUS	1	OCS	1	1	1	DNF	66	35
		YOUNG JACK		1	31	1	1	1	31
		COXON MIKE
6	INVESTEC	WOODWORTH MASON	GBR	7	11	13	8	9	3	51	38
		MOONLEN JON		7	11	13	8	9	3
		HAMILTON SIMON
7	TMF GROUP	SIMPSON JARROD	GBR	16	8	5	4	5	DNF	69	38
		PARTINCRON ANDREW		16	8	5	4	5	31
		OVINGTON ADAM
8	GP COVERS	CLAUSEN FLEMMING	DEN	22	15	4	3	10	7	61	39
		EBLER HANSEN		22	15	4	3	10	7
		CLAUSEN SOREN
9	APPLIANCE	WINNING John Jr	AUS	2	7	12	14	8	DNF	74	43
		AUSTIN Tim		2	7	12	14	8	31
		EWINGS DAVE
10	RONSTAN	TORNBULL IAN	GBR	11	9	7	11	7	9	54	43
		CONSTABLE PAUL		11	9	7	11	7	9
		MC KINLAY ALEC
11	PINDAR	RICHARDS Andy	SUISSE	9	5	8	17	11	13	63	46
		FAIRLEY Andrew		9	5	8	17	11	13
		PENFOLD Will
12	JF HILLEB	AIREY PHILIP	NZ	21	13	14	9	6	5	68	47
		ENGLAND Murray		21	13	14	9	6	5
		NICK Catley
13	PICA	MEARS JAMIE	GBR	12	6	11	15	12	8	64	49
		GILL MATT		12	6	11	15	12	8
		MEARS STEWART
14	YANDOO	WINNING John	AUS	17	14	10	10	4	DNF	86	55
		HAY Andrew		17	14	10	10	4	31
		HARRIS Peter
15	PANASONIC	WHITTY Jonathan	AUS	3	10	16	13	17	16	75	58
		HIGLETT Dan		3	10	16	13	17	16
		ANDERSON Tom
16	CTSAILBAT	VALLINGS ALEX	NZ	14	12	15	18	14	12	85	67
		KITCHEN CHRIS		14	12	15	18	14	12
		MC CORMACK JOSH
17	GILL WILD	BROWNE Ed	GBR	10	19	21	16	16	11	93	72
		TAIT MARK		10	19	21	16	16	11
		JOHANNES CHRISTOPHER
18	MAERSK	CATLEY GRAHAM	NZ	19	17	17	12	13	14	92	73
		WHITBURN HAYDEN		19	17	17	12	13	14
		DEAN RILEY
19	LIBERTY	MIKLOS UJHELYI-GASPAR	HUNG	13	16	22	23	15	17	106	83
		MATYAS MAJTHENYI		13	16	22	23	15	17
		ZSOMBOR SZEPFY
20	MAGIC MAR	NORBERT PETER	GER	26	18	19	24	18	15	120	94
		BERNER PHILIPPE		26	18	19	24	18	15
		LEMMEL FABIAN
21	EURO LINK	RENNER FRIEDRICH	GER	24	20	25	27	20	10	126	99
		LATZI MEIBARER		24	20	25	27	20	10
		THOMAS EGGERSCLARFER
22	TNI	RUEGER STEPHAN		15	21	18	20	DNF	DNF	136	105
		MARTI UELI		15	21	18	20	31	31
		SCHUERCH RES
23	BANDOL	DUMAINE Olivier	FRA	20	23	20	22	22	DNF	138	107
		VENNAT Robin		20	23	20	22	22	31
		FATON Serge
24	REMEMBER	HAGENMEYER CHRISTOPH	GER	25	22	23	21	19	DNF	141	110
		HOEFLE HOLGER		25	22	23	21	19	31
		MANNES HANS PETER
25	RAIFFEISE	PFENINGBERGER ANDRAS	HUNG	18	24	24	25	24	DNF	146	115
		GERLITS ATTILA		18	24	24	25	24	31
		CLEIZEL BALAZS
26	GRAPEFRUI	CLOTHIER BEN	GBR	23	25	26	19	23	DNF	147	116
		OROSLLAN Gabor		23	25	26	19	23	31
		CSEREP Csaba
27	HELLY	CHRISTIE IAIN	GBR	DNF	26	27	26	21	DNF	162	131
		FERGUSON NIALL		31	26	27	26	21	31
		ISHERWOOD MATT
28	TANGO	LE MARE RICHARD	GBR	DNF	DNF	28	28	DNF	DNF	180	149
		VIAN TOM		31	31	28	28	31	31
		TURNER DAVE
29	PORT LO1	MELLOU Mathieu	FRA	DNF	DNF	29	29	DNF	DNF	182	151
		CANEVET Pierre		31	31	29	29	31	31
		PESQUET-DEJEANTY Jean-Baptiste
---	PORT LOEI	MERLIN Cedric	FRA	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	186	155
		GUILLEMETTE Sbastien		31	31	31	31	31	31
		LE BARON Arthur